downstream clearance

EASA defines “downstream clearance” in one regulation. The wording below is reproduced verbatim from the EASA Easy Access Rules, with a link to the paragraph it comes from.

‘downstream clearance’ means a clearance issued to an aircraft by an air traffic control unit that is not the current controlling authority of that aircraft;

Article 2 · Standardised European Rules of the Air (SERA) · Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · Easy Access Rules, 26 Aug 2025 revision · Read Article 2

Defined in the same article

accuracy
advisory airspace
advisory route
aerial work
aerobatic flight
aerodrome
aerodrome control service
aerodrome control tower

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